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Table 2 Prevalence and incidence of L. infantum infection rates in areas with different intervention times by the Brazilian Visceral Leishmaniasis Surveillance and Control Programme, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

From: Effectiveness of the Brazilian Visceral Leishmaniasis Surveillance and Control Programme in reducing the prevalence and incidence of Leishmania infantum infection

Areas

Prevalence 2010 (95% CI)

Prevalence 2012 (95% CI)

Change (%)

Incidence 2012 (95% CI)

Person-time incidencea (95% CI)

AI2006

12.9 (10.6–15.6)

23.7 (19.1–28.9)

83.7

14.4 (9.8–20.7)

6.2 (4.0–9.1)

AI 2008

14.7 (12.3–17.6)

25.6 (21.1–30.7)

74.1

21.1 (15.8–27.6)

10.0 (7.2–13.6)

AI 2010

17.9 (14.8–21.4)

17.0 (13.1–21.8)

-5.3

11.6 (7.3–18.0)

5.6 (3.3–9.0)

  1. aDenominator: Loss/2 + number of children on follow-up for 24 months for each area analyzed. Incidence rate/100 persons-24 months
  2. Abbreviations: AI2006, area of intervention since 2006; AI2008, area of intervention since 2008; AI2010, area of intervention since 2010; CI, confidence interval